Lyrics Wind-Up (Early Version).lrc Jethro Tull
[id: ayccwizz]
[ar: Jethro Tull]
[al: Aqualung (40th Anniversary Special Edition) [2011 Steven Wilson Mix]]
[ti: Wind-Up (Early Version)]
[length: 05:22]
[00:09.54]When I was young and they packed me off to school
[00:16.06]And they taught me how not to play the game
[00:24.19]Oh, I didn’t mind if they groomed me for success
[00:31.28]Or if they said that I was just a fool
[00:38.70]So I left there in the morning
[00:42.19]With their God under my arm
[00:46.26]Their half assed smiles and the book of rules
[00:54.04]Then I asked this God a question
[00:57.59]And by way of firm reply
[01:01.29]He said, “I’m not the kind you have to wind-up on Sundays”
[01:06.93]And to my old headmaster and to anyone who cares
[01:16.41]Before I’m through I’d like to say my prayers
[01:24.66]Oh, I don’t believe you, you had the whole damn thing all wrong
[01:31.29]And he’s not the kind you have to wind-up on Sunday
[01:38.37]Well, you can excommunicate me on my way to Sunday school
[01:45.89]And have all the Bishops harmonize these lines
[02:06.04]How do you dare tell me that I’m my father’s son
[02:11.60]When that was just an accident of birth?
[02:17.21]Oh, I’d rather look around me, compose a better song
[02:23.20]’Cos that’s the honest measure of my worth
[02:28.61]And in your pomp and all your glory, you’re a poorer man than me
[02:34.43]As you lick the boots of death born out of fear
[02:43.90]When I was young and they packed me off to school
[02:49.03]And they taught me how not to play the game
[02:55.35]Oh, I didn’t mind if they groomed me for success
[03:00.50]Or if they said that I was just a fool
[03:06.22]And so I left there in the morning
[03:09.62]With their God under my arm
[03:12.35]The half assed smiles and the book of rules
[03:13.82]And you can excommunicate me on my way to Sunday school
[03:16.56]And have all the Bishops harmonize these lines
[03:40.80]When I was young and they packed me off to school
[03:41.99]And they taught me how not to play the game
[03:42.75]Oh, I didn’t mind if they groomed me for success
[03:43.18]Or if they said that I was just a fool
[03:43.69]And so to my old headmaster and to anyone who cares
[03:43.85]Before I’m through I’d like to say my prayers
[03:44.04]And you can excommunicate me on my way to Sunday school
[03:44.24]And have all the Bishops harmonize these lines
[03:44.44]I don’t believe you, you had the whole damn thing all wrong
[03:44.54]And he’s not the kind you have to wind-up on a Sunday
[03:44.78]Year of Release: 1971